An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 71

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Publication date: 1903
Publisher: [S.l.] : Western Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1524

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We note that Charles C. Miles was bon in Wise county, Texas, on October 30, 1874, being the son of John and Caroline (King) Miles. The father was a farmer, born in Marion county, Missouri, a pioneer of Texas and a soldier in the Civil war, being in Company E, First Arkansas Cavalry. The grand- father was killed at the battle of New Orleans. His great-grandfather, although the son of a slave owner, grew up believing that slavery was wrong and left home on account of his sentiments. The father was sheriff of Parker county, Texas, and is now living in Douglas county, Oregon. His birth occurred in 1844. The mother of our subject was born in Missouri, on April II, 1847. When Charles was ten years of age the family removed to Colorado for his father's health. Then they went to southern Idaho, later to northern California and finally settled in Myrtle Creek. Oregon. where they now live. Our subject was well educated in the various places where he lived and for years taught in Oregon, being numbered with the leading educators of the section. He went to Crook county, Oregon, later, and read law and then removed to Nez Perces county, where he took land. In 1898, when the Spanish war broke out, he was in the field plowing when he heard of it, and he immediately unhitched his

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teams. turning them on the range, leaving thirty acres of sowed grain uncovered, and at once went to enlist for the conflict. He was a member of Company B, First Idaho Volunteers, and participated in the battle of Manila, helped take that town, fought with the insurgents there. was in the conflict at Santa Anna, and also at Caloocan. He returned in 1899, being dis- charged for disability. He afterwards went on to his ranch, opened a store, got his postoffice and has since done business there.

On May 10, 1900, Mr. Miles married Miss Sadie Fansler, at Lewiston. Her parents, Jesse and Amanda (Roy) Fansler, were born respectively in Virginia in 1849 and in West Virginia in 1864. Mrs Miles was born in West Virginia in 1883. She has the following brothers and sisters: Camden, Zernie, Jessie M., Roy. Golden. William. Mr. Miles has the following named brothers and sisters: Telitha, John R., Ira, Harold, Rose and Arthur. By a previous marriage Mr. Miles has two children, Frances R., and John R. Mr. Miles has been elected justice of the peace but did not qualify. He and his wife are members of the Christian church. In political matters he is a stanch and active Republican. He takes great interest in the progress of all good measures, and is especially active in pro- moting good schools. He has been a member of the central committee from his precinct for two years.

JEFFERSON D. TRIPLETT. A good sub- stantial man and a loyal citizen of our free land, a pleasant and accommodating neighbor, and an industri- ovs farmer, we are constrained to grant to the subject of this article a representation in the history of Nez Perces county.

Jefferson D. Triplett was born in Putnam county, Missouri, on December 9, 1862, being the son of John and Mary (Bridgefarmer) Triplett, natives of Ken- tucky. The father was born in 1820 and his parents were natives of Kentucky and of English and Irish extraction. The mother was born in 1819 and her parents were also natives of Kentucky and of Irish lineage. When three years old Jefferson went to Arkansas with his parents. and there grew up and was educated in the district schools. At seventeen, he left home and railroaded, and later spent four years on the Northern Pacific. Returning home, he labored in a saw mill for two years and then came to Idaho and filed on a forty on the reservation, about one and one-half miles southwest from Gifford. He rents one hundred and eighty acres in addition and raises much flax and barley. Mr. Triplett has eight brothers, George, in Spokane; William, farmer in Missouri; John, a trader in Arkansas; Mack, engineer in a saw mill. and Richard, a farmer, both in Arkansas; Dock, Jasper and Columbus, in Nez Perces county.

At Leland, on February 9, 1800, Mr. Triplett mar- ried Miss Ella Florence, daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth (Luther) Williams. Mr. Williams was born in West Virginia and died September 14, 1900, aged seventy-three. His wife was born in Illinois and died

March 1, 1899, aged sixty-three. Mrs. Triplett was born in Illinois and has the following brothers and sisters : Charles W., in Lewiston, and George A., in Asotin county, Washington, twins ; John E., a Metho- dist preacher in Prosser : William M., in Asotin coun- ty ; Lowe L., near Gittord : Martha, wife of M. Duty, a retired farmer in Illinois ; Mary, wife of John Black, at Gifiord; Lulu, wife of E. Carter, near Gifford. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Triplett, Fred, born January 18, 1891 ; Edith, born July 17, 1892; Nellie, born November 30, 1893; Hazel, born in December, 1895; Marion, born in October, 1897; George, born in April, 1900. Mr. Triplett is a Demo- crat and has been a delegate to the conventions and was constable in the Potlatch country. He is active for good 10ads, excellent schools, and progress and development generally.

ROBERT M. WRIGHT. Many were the hard- ships that the subject of this article had to undergo in the times of the terrible Rebellion. His father was a Union man, and living in West Virginia, he was es- posed to great dangers and troubles and these things early impressed themselves on young Wright. In Bar- bour county, that state, Robert M. was born June 10, 1858. his parents being William J. and Sarah A. (His- kell) Wright. The father was born in Barbour county June 8, 1833, and was a pioneer of that county, as also was his father. William Wright fought for the stars and stripes in Company F. Tenth West Virginia Volunter Infantry. He still lives though wounded in the war and is a very active politician and was a dele- gate to the national convention in 1900. The mother of our subject was born in Preston county, West Vir- ginia, in 1834 and her father came from Germany. Robert M. grew up on the farm, received his education in the schools of his vicinity, and there he farmed 111- til 1890. Then he sold out and made the long journey to Kendrick, Idaho, thence to the Potlatch. Later he bought the townsite of Southwick and named the town Grafton, but the post office has since been changed to Southwick. It is a good business point. In 1896 Mr. Wright sold his interest there, went to the reservation, took a claim near Steele and farmed there unttil 1901, when he sold the property and bought two hundred and forty acres where he now lives, one and one-half miles south from Southwick. He has a good house and barn, raises cattle and does a general farming busi- ness. Mr. Wright also breeds fine Poland China and Berkshire hogs, and raises so much stock that they consume all the grain of his farm.

In 1880 Mr. Wright married Miss Laura Mustoe and to them were born Ernest L., Robert R., Clinton C. and Darl D. In 1894 Mr. Wright married Miss Amanda Myers and two children were born to them, Madolin, William M. In 1898 Mr. Wright married Miss Eva, daughter of Tweed and Cordelia Helm, natives of Missouri. Mrs. Wright was born in Cali- fornia in 1871 and has four sisters and two brothers: Lizzie. Emma, Jane, Lucy, Newton, and Charlie, the

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last one being in South Africa. Mr. Wright has the following named brothers and sisters: Arnold R., Lewis, Tabitha E., Martha E., Catherine E., Sarah E., Florence E., Amanda. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are members of the United Brethren church, while Mr. Wright is a Republican and an active participant in the questions of the day and of local interest. He is a prominent figure in the conventions and the caucuses. In edu- cational matters Mr. Wright has made his influence felt for betterment and advancement and has done good service on the boards.

GEORGE H. WYMAN. Just west from Rosetta post office is the estate of Mr. Wyman, a man whose labors along the line of pioneering in and developing this western country, have been assiduous and well bestowed. He is a man of thrift and keen discrimi- nation in financial affairs and has prospered in his homestead venture on the reservation.

George H. Wyman was born in Vinton county, Ohio, on May 25, 1846, being the son of Arthur and Annie (Salts) Wyman. The father was a native of New York, as were his ancestors for some generations back. He died in Knox county, Illinois, in his seventy- eighth year. The mother was born in Maine, of Ger- man and Scotch ancestry and died aged seventy- nine. When seven, George came with his parents from Ohio to Illinois and there spent twenty-seven years. He was educated in the district schools and began his individual business career when he was twenty. He rented land and farmed in Illinois, Missouri, Ne- braska, Kansas, and in 1899 he came to Washington. He located near Oakesdale, bought land and farmed until 1891, then removed to the vicinity of Leland, Nez Perces county. He farmed his own property and leased land and when the disastrous year of 1893 came, he, with the majority of others, lost his land. Upon the opening of the reservation he came hither and located his present place. A man anxious for the same place pulled a gun on Mr. Wyman, but firmness gained the day and not only the land, but the angry man is now a friend. Mr. Wyman has a neat and comfortable home, a good barn, outbuildings and orchard and does a good farming business. He has some exceptionally fine apples, one specimen weighing one pound and ten ounces. Mr. Wyman has three brothers, John, Edward J. and Stephen, farmers in Knox county, Illinois; also two sisters, Minerva, in Knox county, wife of Noah C. Dawson; Eliza, widow of Robert Bolding, now living on her fruit ranch near Leland.

On May 21, 1866, Mr. Wyman married Lucinda, daughter of Freeman and Rebecca (Jackson) Myrick, both deceased. To this union there were born five children : William A., gardner near Willola; Stephen A. rents Indian land near his father; Edward A. has eighty acres near his father ; Emma, now deceased, wife of Thomas Terrel: Annie, wife of John Eaton, of Elberton, Washington. In October, 1892, Mrs.

Wyman was called by death from her home and family. On August 24, 1894, at Juliaetta, Mr. Wy- man married Martha H. Baker, widow of James H. Baker. She was born in Franklin county, Vermont, in 1850, the daughter of George E. and Mary ( Rowe ) Edgar, natives of Scotland and England, respectively. Mrs. Wyman has two sons by her former marriage, Charles and John, in Michigan. Mr. Wyman and his wife are members of the United Brethren church. He is an active Republican, takes part in the conven- tions, and is especially active in the progress of the country. He is always on hand to donate any work for the bettering of the roads and is an enthusiastic laborer for upbuilding in all lines and this has been of inestimable good to the community.

WILLIAM J. RAMEY. The progressive, talent- ed, successful and leading business man of whom we now speak, is well known in Nezperce and through the county, being a large lumber dealer and manufacturer, as well as a large real estate holder. His excellent capabilities have been manifested in a commendahle manner in his business career and owing to his keen perception and discrimination, coupled with energy, he has placed himself among the heaviest property owners in this part of the state.

William J. Ramey was born in Dassel, Meeker county, Minnesota, on February 26, 1869, being the son of Sylvester and Delilah C. (Gilbert) Ramey. The father is a native of Kentucky, and his parents were natives of the same state. Just at the breaking out of the war, they removed to Minnesota and there he enlisted in the Union army and fought for the flag for two and one-half years. He is now aged fifty- eight and lives in Kootenai county, Idaho. In 1880 he was in Portland in the saw mill business with our subject, and then he was foreman and manager of Goldsmith & Company's mills at La Prairie, formerly Texas Terry, Washington, being an expert timberman. The family then resided in Lewiston and later Mr. Ramey was bridge huilder for the Northern Pacific. He went to Kootenai county in 1889. The mother of our subject was also born in Kentucky, of parents who were natives of that state, too. She went with them to Minnesota at the close of the war and there married. William J. was educated in the district schools in Minnesota, then in Rockford public schools. and finally took a course in the business college in Spo- kane. Subsequent to this, he traveled for fire insur- ance for two years and then opened an office in Tekoa, Washington, where he continued until 1896. Then he came to the reservation, being quick to perceive the advantages there to be had. He bought a milling plant twelve miles north from Nezperce and to the operation of this and handling his fine farms in the county he has since continued. He has about eight hundred acres of excellent land, all in to hay and grain and he feeds scores of cattle and hogs. Mr. Ramey has a fine residence in Nezperce and also business property there : he has constructed a private telephone for his use, from

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the mills to the residence and office, it being the finest private line in the county. His mill will cut thirty thousand feet of lumber daily and he has machinery to produce all kinds of finished material, and is doing a thriving business, in all of which, as in his real estate matters, is seen his executive force and wisdom. His brother, Charls P., is foreman and manager of the mill at Russell and is a capable man. Mr. Ramey has also four sisters: Jane, wife of Paul Roscoe, a stock- man in northern Idaho and Montana; Victoria, wife of Alexander Bailey, a saw mill man at Harrison, Idaho: Roxy, wife of Charles Van Amburg, a mining man at Murray, Idaho; Effie, wife of Edward Rib- stein, a hardware merchant at Harrison.

On February 6, 1895, Mr. Ramey married Miss Bertha A. Whitney, at Palouse, Washington, and to them have been born thee children: Marvel A., Lois, and Olga. Mrs. Ramey was born in Woodburn, Ore- gon, on September 20, 1879, and her parents, David and Minerva (Braun) Whitney, were pioneers of that state. The father was born in England and is an old sea captain. The mother was born in Illinois of Ger- man ancestry. Mr. Ramey is a member of the K. of P. in Wallace, Idaho ; and of the W. W. and M. W. A., in Nezperce. He is an active Democrat in po- litical matters and interested keenly in all that is for improvement and advancement.

ADAM KAMMERS. The achievements of this enterprising gentleman in several lines demonstrate him to be possessed of excellent ability and keen busi- ness discrimination and he holds the meed of his labor in good income paying property in various places.

Adam Kammers was born in Cook county, Illi- nois, in June 1865, being the son of Matthew and Lucy Kammers. The father was born in Germany in 1814 and came to the United States in 1848, settling on ten acres, now a part of the city of Chicago. He gardened and later sold his land for excellent prices. He died in 1891. The mother of our subject was born in Germany in 1824 and died in 1876. Adam went with his parents to Tennessee when he was thirteen and later they settled in Iroquois county. Twelve years there and they sold out and removed to Hamilton county. Jowa. Thirteen years were spent there and our subject then came to the Palouse country in 1889. He bought town property and lived in Uniontown for some time and then bought a farm of two hundred and forty acres. In 1897 he bought his present place, about one mile northwest from Westlake, and now has

here' a half section. He does a general farm busi- ness, raises stock and is well-to-do. Mr. Kammers has also been operating a blacksmith and wood work shop in Westlake and is doing a good business. He is purchasing property in Vineland and has the con- tract to erect a church building there. Mr. Kammers has recently rented his fine farm for six years and is devoting his energies entirely to mechanical work, in which line he is skillful and liberally patronized.

In December, 1887, in Wright county, lowa, Mr.

Kammers married Miss Barbara, daughter of Chris- tian and Kate (Elier) Slader, natives of Germany. Mrs. Kammers was born in Germany and has the following named brothers and sisters: Tony, Peter, Susan, Kate. Mr. Kammers has four sisters, Han- nah, Lina, Kate and Mary. Four children have been born to our subject and his wife, Frank, John, Walter, William. Mr. Kammers and his family are all mem- bers of the Catholic church. Politically he is allied with the Democrats and a firm supporter of progress and upbuilding. Mr. Kammers has been successful in another line than what we have mentioned; for six years he has owned and operated a threshing outfit.

CHARLES L. WALKER was born in Brecken- ridge county, Kentucky, on June 4, 1852, being the son of Ralph B. and Judith (Compton) Walker, na- tives of Kentucky. The father was an orderly ser- geant under Major Winker, in the Rebellion. Besides our subject they were the parents of the folowing named children : Henry C., born February 21, 1846, in Breck- enridge county, was a private in Company K, Third Kentucky Cavalry, has been county commissioner in Barber county, Kansas, for six years and was noni- nated by the Democrats and Populists for represent- ative; Mary E., wife of Ben F. Walker and born in Breckenridge county, November 8, 1848; Levi T., born January 14, 1850; John A., born September 17, 1854; George R., born November 27, 1857. Our sub- ject remained with his parents until he was twenty-two and then started in life for himself, possessing the capital of two good strong hands, a courageous heart, and plenty of pluck. December 12, 1876, he married Emeline S., daughter of Hans S. and Millia Cochran. The father was born in Indiana on December 31, 1822, and served in the Rebellion. The mother was born in Tennessee and died on February 18, 1898. Mrs. Wal- ker has the following named brothers and sisters: John W., born in Greene county, Indiana, on Septem- ber 10, 1843, served in the Rebellion and died before the close of the war ; William O., born in April, 1845, and served four years in the Rebellion, was one year with the militia in Kansas and also served in the same capacity in 1874 and 1875 in Barber county against the Indians, and then joined Roosevelt's Rough Riders : Elizabeth J. Clements was born in July, 1855 ; Henry O., born in July, 1850, and served two years in the Rebellion : Albert W. and Alfred A., twins, born December 9, 1851 ; Emma S., born August 24. 1853; Mary A .. born April 7. 1859 and married to Robert Kirby. Our subject remained seven years in Barber county and served two years as sheriff, then followed the cattle business until 1882. In that year he came to Whitman county and farmed for three years. Then came six years in Washington, two in Milton, Oregon, after which he spent four years in Colfax, in charge of the orphans' home. After this he traveled some time in Oregon and Idaho and finally settled about two miles northeast from Forest, where he has a fine piece of yellow pine land. He has devoted attention to

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clearing some of the land and making improvements. Mr. Walker is an active man in advancing the school interests of the vicinity and a good substantial eiti- zen. He is a Republican in political matters. To Mr. and Mrs. Walker there have been born the following named children : Laura E .. born August 18, 1877; Zopher L., born December 7. 1878; Lenora G., born July 29, 1881 ; Albert A. and Albertia A., twins, born in Nez Perces county, January 15, 1885 ; Eugenia N., born in King county, Washington, on April 23, 1888 : Herbert R., born March 15, 1897, in Whitman county, Washington. The first three were born in Barber county, Kansas.

ADAMS G. JOHNSON. A well known and prominent citizen of the reservation country, being also influential throughout the country, for he was elected county commissioner, having a plurality of two hundred and forty-four, Mr. Johnson is entitled to a place among those represented in the county history and it is with pleasure that we accord the same to him.

Adams G. Johnson was born in Whiteside county, Illinois, on January 14, 1839. being the son of Jere- miah H. and Harriet M. ( Getty) Johnson. The father was born in Washington county, New York, on De- cember 12, 1797, and died in 1871. The paternal grandfather of our subject was born in Vermont and died in 1852, aged eighty-four. This venerable gen- tleman had married Miss Parker, a native of the Wy- oming valley in Pennsylvania. She removed from that fateful valley just three days before Chief Brant's terrible massaere, going to the Mohawk valley in New York. Some of the Parker family fought in the Revo- lution. A brother of the lady mentioned was Captain Thomas Parker in the war of 1812. This man had two sons in the Civil war ; one, Colonel Thomas Jef- ferson Parker, commanded the Thirty-fourth New York Infantry, and Captain Fred Parker was com- mander of a company of his regiment and he fell at the battle of Chancellorsville. Our subject's father was related to Stephen Hopkins, the signer of the Declara- tion of Independence, and he bore the name of his illus- trious ancestor, the middle initial indicating Hopkins. The family was also related to General Nathaniel Greene, of Revolutionary fame. The mother of our subjeet was born in Erie county, New York, in 1805 and died in 1872, being of Scotch-Irish descent. Adams G. was raised on a farm in Illinois and educated in the district schools there. In 1859, he and his father and some friends went to Osawattomie, Kansas, but returned the same year. Then our subject went to Pikes Peak and mined for a time, but as politics be- came heated, the southerners there threatening venge- ance in case Lincoln was elected, Mr. Johnson re- turned to Illinois for the express purpose of voting for Lincoln. He made the journey with ox team. Upon the breaking out of the war, Mr. Johnson enlisted in Graham's Independen Rangers, a cavalry company, which was taken from Moline. Illinois, the place where Jir. Johnson went in as a corporal, to Quiney and there mustered in. Thence they went to Fort Leavenworth

then to the siege of Lexington. Missouri, where our subject was captured by Price. Being paroled he went home, but later was discharged at St. Louis and then re-enlisted in the Eighth Kansas Infantry, Com- pany I. under Captain H. C. Austin, and he served until the close of the war. He was in detached and garrison duty much of this time. Mr. Johnson was mustered out on November 4, 1864, at St. Louis, after which he served one year as auditing clerk in the commissary under Captain Hollis Steadman. Then he went to raising cotton in Arkansas, later kept hotel in Moline, Illinois, for a time, and in 1871 he came to The Dalles, Oregon. His family having gone to California to visit relatives, they joined him later and for a decade he raised sheep and farmed. Then he was deputy sheriff, then deputy United States mar- shal and other official positions occupied by him until 1895, when he came to Genesee, Idaho, and at the open- ing of the reservation he came hither, and in 1898 he filed on his present place, three miles south from Nezperce. He has a good farm and does general farming.

Mr. Johnson married Miss Mary E. Hogue on Oc- tober 29, 1866. Her parents, James M. and Emma (-Ridgeway ) Hogue, lived in Newcastle, Placer county, California, the father being of Scotch descent and a native of Tennessee, while the mother was born in Philadelphia and was of English extraction. Two children have been born to this marriage, Hollis C., a dentist and dealer in mines, in Columbus, Montana ; Emma, wife of S. B. Mccullough, a stockman in Ida- ho county. Mr. Johnson has one sister, Helen S. Young, a widow in Geneseo, Illinois. Mr. Johnson is a Republican and active in the political field, always being allied on the side of progress and improvement.

ISAAC TELLIER is one of the men who has opened the western country for settlement, being an intrepid pioneer and a man of enterprise and stirring energy. His wife and children's allotments were taken in 1894 and he has a fine body of land of four hundred and eighty acres, with a good large house and other improvements, as orchard, fences, and so forth.

Isaac Tellier kas born in Walla Walla, on Febru- ary 20, 1860, being the son of Louie and Angelique ( Tecomtah ) Tellier. The home ranch joined the Whitman ranch. The father was born in 1806 in Canada, and died in 1880. He settled in the vicinity of Walla Walla in 1853, was an independent trapper and sold to the Hudson's Bay and American Company. He knew Whitman, Spalding and all the early mission- aries, also Dr. McLoughlin. The mother of our sub- jeet was born in the Flathead country in 1822 and lives with this son. Her uncle, Coon-Coon-Staine, was chief of the Flatheads. Our subject lived on the home ranch and was educated there until fifteen, when he rode the range until twenty-two. In 1883 he went to the Coeur d'Alene country and learned the harness maker's trade. Then he packed to British Columbia with General Sherman and afterward for the Northern

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 71

Author: Publication date: 1903 Publisher: [S.l.] : Western Historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1524

Author:
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: [S.l.] : Western Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1524